Download or read book History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony written by Thomas Shourds and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1991 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1675, Fenwick's Colony was the first permanent English-speaking settlement in the entire Delaware Valley. Constituting one-tenth of West New Jersey, Fenwick's Colony absorbed the nearby settlements of Finns and Swedes and attracted to itself a great number of immigrant Quakers. This book is a composite history and genealogy of the Colony, and the bulk of it is comprised of scores of family histories.